People in the record

Money, power & fallout

1. 2016-07-15Trump selects Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mateFormer vice president and former running matevice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
2. 2017-01-20Mike Pence serves as Trump's vice presidentFormer vice presidentformer vice president · documented · 1 source
3. 2017-01-26White House leaves Pence uninformed for days after learning Flynn misled himFlynn resigned February 13; Pence said the trust breach justified departurevice president and running mate · documented · 1 source
4. 2017-02-13Flynn resigns after the White House says he misled PenceFormer national security adviser; later pardoned by Trumpvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
5. 2019-09-03Pence's Ireland itinerary routes public spending to Trump's Doonbeg resortDocumented public expenditure; no finding that Pence personally received moneyvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
   1. public costIreland limousine contract$599,454.36

      Public spending source

      U.S. government

      Funds recipient

      Limousine contractor

      Loss or cost borne by

      U.S. taxpayers

   2. public costSecret Service payments to Trump Doonbeg$15,144.94

      Public spending source

      U.S. Secret Service

      Funds recipient

      Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg

      Loss or cost borne by

      U.S. taxpayers

6. 2021-01-04Trump presses Pence in an Oval Office meeting after Eastman concedes statutory violationsPence rejected the proposal; Congress later counted the certified votesvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
7. 2021-01-05Trump falsely says Pence agrees he can change the election outcomeJanuary 6 committee found the statement falsevice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
8. 2021-01-05Pence repeatedly tells Trump the vice president lacks unilateral election powerPosition carried into Pence's January 6 public lettervice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
9. 2021-01-06Trump attacks Pence at 2:24 p.m. after learning violence is underwayJanuary 6 committee documented timing and crowd consequencesvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
10. 2021-01-06Crowd turns on Pence after learning he will not reject certified votesThreat documented; no inference that every attendee joined itvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
11. 2021-01-06Pence publicly states he has no unilateral authority to reject electoral votesPence followed the position when Congress reconvenedvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
12. 2021-01-06Trump adds five off-script demands for Pence to his Ellipse speechCommittee linked the statements to immediate crowd anger against Pencevice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
13. 2021-01-06Secret Service evacuates Pence and his family, missing the mob by about 40 feetEvacuated safely; returned to complete the countvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
14. 2021-01-06Trump tells supporters that Pence alone can secure a second Trump termDemand rejected as outside the vice president's authorityvice president and running mate · documented · 1 source
15. 2021-01-06Trump insults and threatens Pence's political career when Pence refusesPence maintained his refusalvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
16. 2021-01-06Pence resists Trump's pressure over electoral votesPence refused Trump's electoral-count demand on January 6, 2021vice president who rejected Trump's electoral-count demand · reported · 1 source
17. 2021-01-07Pence reconvenes the joint session and completes the electoral countElectoral count completed and result certifiedvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
18. 2023-04-27Pence testifies to the federal grand jury investigating Trump's election conductTestimony completed; grand-jury substance remains secretvice president and running mate · documented · 1 source
19. 2024-03-15Pence declines to endorse Trump in 2024Political relationship brokenformer vice president who declined to endorse Trump · reported · 1 source